Some 3,936 foreign tourists are dead, missing or unaccounted for after the Indian Ocean tsunami hit coasts and devastated beach resorts on December 26. The following are foreign tourists reported killed, based on figures provided by the countries.

As the official death toll rose, panic added to the misery of survivors with warnings reported of fresh tsunamis in India and Sri Lanka.

In Sri Lanka, people climbed onto the roofs of their houses while others fled from the coastline after authorities used fire engines equipped with loudspeakers to urge residents to move to higher ground. The country's military urged people to be alert, but not to panic, while an earthquake expert said the aftershocks were probably not strong enough to produce tsunamis.

But with neighbouring India ordering an evacuation of coastal areas, instructions that were heard on radios in Sri Lanka, some people did panic. Cars, vans and motorbikes jammed roads leading away from coastlines. Some people hauled their most valuable possessions stuffed into plastic bags.

"Some people whose houses weren't so badly affected by the tsunami are also now running toward welfare centres," said Suresh Devaraj, of the coastal town of Trincomalee.

India later denied having issued a fresh warning but said it had urged people to take precautions after information that several aftershocks in the region had pushed up the water level. An estimated 5.7 magnitude underwater earthquake was recorded at 5.18am local time (2118 GMT, 29 Dec) off the coast of Sumatra. Other tremors were felt in Thailand and Burma.

Sri Lanka

The aftermath had raised some hopes of a new era of peace between Tamil Tiger rebels and the government. Just weeks after the Tigers threatened to resume a two-decade war for self-rule, the leader of the political wing SP Thamilselvan accepted a government offer of aid and vowed to work with officials to get supplies to survivors.

"This new tragic situation has laid the foundation for both parties to come together and work towards closing the division between the two parties," he said after meeting aid workers and Norwegian peace envoys in the northern rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi.

The conciliatory tone followed an unprecedented statement by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, who sent condolences to the southern Sinhalese he has warred against for 20 years at a cost of over 64,000 lives.

However, the Tigers have since accused the government of exaggerating the amount of aid given as a propaganda exercise. ( Click here for full story)

The tsunami that flooded Sri Lanka's famed, palm-fringed shores has killed nearly 44,000. The Tigers say almost half of the dead come from their northern and eastern strongholds and thousands have been buried in mass graves.

India

Officials sought to reassure residents in Tamil Nadu state after it emerged that the water had hit the Madras atomic power station, forcing an immediate shutdown. "The reactors and basic capacities of the plant are absolutely safe, and there is no radiation whatsoever," the national security adviser, J N Dixit, said. The waves submerged a giant water pump used for cooling the two reactors. Officials say the plant will be restarted after an inspection.

The number of dead and missing presumed dead in India is 16,389.

Bangladesh (official death toll: 2)

With main population centres inland, the country may have avoided significant loss of life. Huge waves washed into the southern port of Chittagong and caused flooding in around 30 central, southern and western districts.